2024ApJ...966...69L


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2024ApJ...966...69L - Astrophys. J., 966, 69 (2024/May-1)

Ultraviolet and Chromospheric Activity and Habitability of M Stars.

LI X., WANG S., HAN H., YANG H., ZHENG C., HUANG Y. and LIU J.

Abstract (from CDS):

M-type stars are crucial for stellar activity studies because they cover two types of magnetic dynamos and are particularly intriguing for habitability studies due to their abundance and long lifespans during the main-sequence stage. In this paper, we used the LAMOST DR9 catalog and the GALEX UV archive data to investigate the chromospheric and UV activities of M-type stars. All the chromospheric and UV activity indices clearly show that the saturated and unsaturated regimes, and the well-known activity-rotation relation, are consistent with previous studies. Both the FUV and NUV activity indices exhibit a single-peaked distribution, while the Hα and Ca II H&K indices show a distinct double-peaked distribution. The gap between these peaks suggests a rapid transition from a saturated population to an unsaturated one. The smoothly varying distributions of different subtypes suggest a rotation-dependent dynamo for both early-type (partly convective) to late-type (fully convective) M stars. We identified a group of stars with high UV activity above the saturation regime (log${R}_{\mathrm{NUV}}^{{\prime} }\gt -2.5$) but low chromospheric activity, and the underlying reason is unknown. By calculating the continuously habitable zone and the UV habitable zone for each star, we found that about 70% stars in the total sample and 40% stars within 100 pc are located in the overlapping region of these two habitable zones, indicating that a number of M stars are potentially habitable. Finally, we examined the possibility of UV activity studies of M stars using the China Space Station Telescope.

Abstract Copyright: © 2024. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Stellar activity - M stars - Late-type stars - Ultraviolet photometry - Ultraviolet observatories - Habitable zone

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Number of rows : 42
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 UCAC4 468-001177 PM* 00 50 50.0559651787 +03 28 29.264204821   15.763 14.277 13.852   M1.5 5 0
2 Gaia DR3 2485820216434079360 Er* 01 27 46.2119875104 -01 00 24.414997205           ~ 1 0
3 Gaia DR3 2561205585492641280 PM* 01 46 02.6947024880 +04 57 07.452650705           ~ 1 0
4 LSPM J0155+1245 PM* 01 55 31.5438353016 +12 45 25.491941712   16.0   13.7   ~ 5 0
5 2MASS J03111547+0106307 LM* 03 11 15.4768543416 +01 06 30.871547748       15.1 13 M5.5V 18 0
6 Gaia DR3 659265630123576448 Er* 08 39 48.8769345851 +17 39 08.969575272           ~ 2 0
7 V* DP Cnc PM* 08 41 36.5396743248 +17 33 43.087761684   17.6   15.1   M3.5 6 0
8 LSPM J0841+2318 PM* 08 41 42.8887918248 +23 18 46.760766012   14.7   13.149   dM4.0 15 0
9 2MASS J08442597+5138304 PM* 08 44 25.9736015400 +51 38 30.508033056   16.04 14.95     ~ 5 0
10 2MASS J08573067+2006240 LM* 08 57 30.6780518952 +20 06 23.930166996           M4V 6 0
11 ATO J135.7119+19.5299 Er* 09 02 50.8586196516 +19 31 47.725594803   16.332 14.814 14.573   ~ 3 0
12 Gaia DR3 700016245467419136 Er* 09 12 47.4439482180 +31 42 46.387887746           ~ 1 0
13 2MASS J09151133+2933484 Er* 09 15 11.3411931168 +29 33 48.475765116           ~ 2 0
14 Gaia DR3 3851331671501030784 PM* 09 43 51.3778531664 +04 48 32.152077734           ~ 1 0
15 ATO J150.5279+01.9869 Er* 10 02 06.7402838256 +01 59 13.176034476           ~ 8 0
16 Gaia DR3 3836711087429390976 Er* 10 11 23.2681416274 +03 43 02.188474025           ~ 1 0
17 Gaia DR3 742553498486917888 Er* 10 17 39.9856164556 +30 20 15.575851501           ~ 1 0
18 UCAC4 604-047074 PM* 10 32 57.8625110424 +30 41 45.287445724       16.495   M2 3 0
19 LP 92-193 PM* 10 33 28.5878572968 +58 25 27.928408296   16.7   14.5   ~ 6 0
20 NAME TW Hya Association As* 11 01.9 -34 42           ~ 1018 0
21 K2-18b Pl 11 30 14.5177445592 +07 35 18.255348492           ~ 303 0
22 Gaia DR3 1545784091618733184 Er* 12 17 40.7780422418 +49 05 42.738410329           ~ 1 0
23 UCAC4 601-050073 Er* 12 22 54.7602051936 +30 06 47.595776004   16.539 15.098 14.710   ~ 2 0
24 ATO J200.9578+27.7242 Er* 13 23 49.8622153950 +27 43 27.462652305   16.050 14.571 14.183   ~ 2 0
25 Gaia DR3 1449481785146363648 PM* 13 24 23.5877690363 +27 37 21.187173464           ~ 1 0
26 2MASS J13511484+0330329 PM* 13 51 14.8525829856 +03 30 32.859770076           ~ 6 0
27 NAME Proxima Centauri b Pl 14 29 42.9461331854 -62 40 46.164680672           ~ 445 0
28 2MASS J14302671+3430233 Er* 14 30 26.7180759456 +34 30 23.290205616           ~ 4 0
29 LSPM J1430+3330 PM* 14 30 36.4691326656 +33 30 45.357006996   15.2   13.3   ~ 3 0
30 LP 620-47 PM* 14 38 39.3651896208 -02 57 23.871129228     14.003 13.709   M4e 16 0
31 Gaia DR3 1282550012807310976 Er* 14 46 36.3601915778 +29 32 39.088628487           ~ 1 0
32 2MASS J16443370+3216323 AB? 16 44 33.6933965922 +32 16 32.266661129   14.510 12.966 12.467   M4e 3 0
33 Gaia DR3 2698395946257300992 PM* 21 43 38.5269591827 +04 32 55.532096995           ~ 1 0
34 UCAC4 455-119495 PM* 22 19 39.0010440352 +00 54 07.792678763   15.637 14.112 13.759   ~ 5 0
35 TRAPPIST-1f Pl 23 06 29.3684948589 -05 02 29.037301866           ~ 281 0
36 TRAPPIST-1g Pl 23 06 29.3684948589 -05 02 29.037301866           ~ 237 0
37 TRAPPIST-1e Pl 23 06 29.3684948589 -05 02 29.037301866           ~ 384 0
38 TRAPPIST-1d Pl 23 06 29.3684948589 -05 02 29.037301866           ~ 263 0
39 RX J2313.9+1429 PM* 23 13 52.7830052064 +14 28 28.211962872   15.57 14.02 13.73   M3e 5 0
40 Gaia DR3 2645381962332324992 Er* 23 25 42.1388301483 +00 31 47.874005581           ~ 1 0
41 2MASS J23274154+0017076 Er* 23 27 41.5494271584 +00 17 07.673103780   16.05   15.83 16.27 ~ 2 0
42 LP 642-72 PM* 23 28 22.5051145416 +00 28 39.544031928   14.37   12.919   dM4.0 20 0

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